Etymology Explorer › Old Norse

Where does “gröf” come from?

gröf (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic grabą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

Ancestry of “gröf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgrabągrave
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

Words derived from “gröf”

  • graavi
  • graavikala
  • graavata
  • Marianergraven
  • skyttegrav
  • grav
  • gravvård
  • massgrav
  • rævegrav
  • grav
  • gravsten
  • orkestergrav
  • voldgrav
  • gravhøj
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →